The Intellectual Climate of Cassius Dio: Greek and Roman Pasts
by Bailey, Colin Kemezis, Adam M. Poletti, Beatrice
Cassius Dio (c. 160-c. 230) is a familiar name to Roman historians, but still an enigmatic one. His text has shaped our understanding of his own period and earlier eras, but basic questions remain about his Greek and Roman cultural identities and his literary and intellectual influences. Contributors to this volume read Dio against different backgrounds including the politics of the Severan court, the cultural milieu of the Second Sophistic and Roman traditions of historiography and political t…
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Cassius Dio (c. 160-c. 230) is a familiar name to Roman historians, but still an enigmatic one. His text has shaped our understanding of his own period and earlier eras, but basic questions remain about his Greek and Roman cultural identities and his literary and intellectual influences. Contributors to this volume read Dio against different backgrounds including the politics of the Severan court, the cultural milieu of the Second Sophistic and Roman traditions of historiography and political theory. Dio emerges as not just a recounter of events, but a representative of his times in all their complexity.
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- Publication Date:2022
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brill
- Place of Publication:Leiden
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 506 Seiten).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789004510517, 9004510516, 9789004510487, 9004510486
- DOI:10.1163/9789004510517
- oclc:on1341041674
- LC Classification:DG206.C38
- Dewey Decimal:938.007202
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